Sex differences in parking are affected by biological and social factors

Psychological Research

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-435

  Wolf, Claudia C ^a   Ocklenburg, Sebastian ^a   Ören, Beyza ^a   Becker, Cordula ^a   Hofstätter, Andrea ^b   Bös, Christa ^b   Popken, Markus ^c   Thorstensen, Truls ^b   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b EFS Unternehmensberatung GmbH   (Austria)

^c AUDI AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PSYCHOLOGY; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PSYCHOLOGY; ROTATION; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77952419814     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-009-0267-6     Document Type: Article

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